Evaluation of insecticides against onion thrips [Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)] revealed that treatment with fipronil @ 0.0075% was most effective as it recorded least (4.00–6.00 thrips/plant) and maximum (25.67 t/ha) yield of onion bulbs, followed by spinosad @ 0.018%, acetamiprid @ 0.005% and clothianidin @ 0.0075%, among different insecticides tested. The treatments with carbosulfan @ 0.025%, thiamethoxam @ 0.0075% and lambda cyhalothrin @ 0.005% were equally effective and recorded less number of thrips and good yields.
Thrips tabaci Lindeman, insecticides
